Pilates Video Library

Click on any of the links below to view free Pilates-related video clips. Unless otherwise indicated, these files are in QuickTime format, and most are available in two file sizes: high-speed (for fast Internet connections) and dial-up (for slower connections).

The Step Barrel is an amazing, versatile, and compact piece of exercise equipment. This digitally remastered video from 1995 features Jillian Hessel performing here on an apparatus built by Balanced Body.

This video is an authentic eye into the history of Pilates. The teachings and personalities of two powerful women — Kathleen Stanford Grant and Carola Trier — are brought to light, all filtered through Jillian Hessel's nearly three decades of teaching experience.

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Note that these excerpts are from the original 2-disc DVD set, so audio/video quality is not optimum. Image and sound have been significantly improved in the remastered version currently available for sale online.

On this DVD, learn how Carola Trier came to meet Joseph Pilates, and how her own teaching and special approach to the work evolved. Shot in Tarzana, California, in 1989 after her retirement in 1988, this rare footage of Carola in action is all that we have left of her tremendous contribution to Pilates' legacy.

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Introduction to the remastered DVD with Jillian Hessel, including discussion of the historical background.